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                                 2024 June 6
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                          NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge
              Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Lóránd Fényes

   Explanation: Magnificent spiral galaxy [5]NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on
   from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow
   profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the
   northern sky, in the faint but well-groomed constellation [6]Coma
   Berenices. [7]This sharp, colorful image reveals the galaxy's [8]boxy,
   bulging central core cut by [9]obscuring dust lanes that lace NGC
   4565's thin galactic plane. NGC 4565 itself lies about 40 million
   [10]light-years distant and spans some 100,000 light-years. Easily
   spotted with small telescopes, [11]sky enthusiasts consider NGC 4565 to
   be a prominent celestial masterpiece [12]Messier missed.

                       Tomorrow's picture: sky dolphin
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   4. https://fenyeslorand.hu/en/
   5. http://www.messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/n4565.html
   6. http://www.dibonsmith.com/com_con.htm
   7. https://fenyeslorand.hu/a-tu-galaxis/
   8. https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.10073
   9. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/needle-edge.html
  10. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html
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